Archbold Expedition
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IT is expected that the scientific expe dition led by ■ Dr. Richard Archbold, will leave San Diego, California, about the middle of May in a large and modern twin-engined flying boat, for the north coast of New Guinea, to collect flora and fauna for the American Museum of Natural History.
Dr. Austin Rand, who has been recent ly in Java, is proceeding to New Guinea to establish a camp for the expedition.
The large flying boat, in addition to carrying Dr. Archbold, will have also as a crew Mr. L. A. Lancey, navigator, Mr.
Russell Rogers, pilot, Mr. Raymond Booth, wireless operator, and Mr. Gerald Brown, flight engineer. Mr. L. G. Brass, an Aus tralian ornithologist, probably will join the expedition in New Guinea.
The flying boat will travel via Hono lulu, Midway Island, Wake Island and Guam, and thence will fly due south to New Guinea.
Another report is that the flying boat will go directly across the Pacific to Aus tralia, and thence will fly north to New Guinea.
Other reports state that the field of the expedition’s activities is Papua, in the neighbourhood of the newly discovered Lake Kutubu; and other reports, again, suggest that the expedition is going to Dutch New Guinea.
Lady Rosenthal, wife of the Admin istrator of Norfolk Island (Sir Charles Rosenthal), arrived in Sydney from N.I. by the “Morinda” on April 9. She will remain in Australia for a month.
Mr. Ambrosini, an Italian miner, was killed by a fall of earth at Edie Creek, New Guinea, on March 11.
Mr. R. H. Nolan, a former member of the staff of the Bank of N.S.W., Port Moresby, has joined the Papuan Ser vice as clerk in the Government Stores.